Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Search and Rescue save pair of stranded hikers
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue assisted a pair of hikers who became stranded at the Mt. Savona Caves on Friday night (Aug. 28).KSAR officials said RCMP called the team and they deployed nine me...
Aug 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops Search and Rescue)
CSRD opens another section of Splatsin te Secwépemc / Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) has announced another milestone on the Splatsin te Secwpemc / Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail with the opening of a new section betwe...
Aug 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Columbia Shuswap Regional District)
TNRD and Coldwater Indian Band downgrade evacuation response near Ainslie Creek wildfire
MERRITT, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) and the Coldwater Indian Band (CIB) have downgraded their evacuation alerts and orders near the Ainslie Creek wildfire. The TNRD said peopl...
Aug 29, 2026 (Image Credit: BC WIldfire Service)
SLRD lifts some evacuation orders and alerts near Bonanza Creek wildfire
LILLOOET, B.C. - With the Bonanza Creek wildfire posing less risk to properties in the region, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has lifted parts of their evacuation orders and alerts in ...
Aug 29, 2026 East of the south flank of the Bonanza Creek wildfire looking east on Aug. 27, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Kamloops Imagination Library mourns the passing of founder Dolly Parton
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops branch of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is morning the loss of the foundation's namesake after her death as 80 years old."The local Kamloops partners of Dolly Parton's Ima...
Aug 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Dolly Parton's Imagination Library)
'Coming for that starting position': Goaltending competition underway at Blazers' training camp
KAMLOOPS - Kaeden Tate of Huntington Beach, Calif., is 6-foot-4 and entering his 17-year-old season with lofty goals. "Yeah, coming for that starting position, coming for Eddy's spot," Tate said with ...
Aug 28, 2026 KAEDEN TATE. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Sníne Elementary ready to welcome more than 300 students as Kamloops' first new school in 25 years
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - From 120 metres above, the scale of Kamloops' newest school comes into view. For the first time since 2001, a new school on a fresh site is ready to open in the Kamloops Thompson dist...
Aug 28, 2026 An aerial shot of Snine Elementary (1900 Copperhead Drive, Kamloops, BC V1S 0G6), developed in the Pineview neighbourhood — southwest of Kamloops. (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo / CFJC Today)
Environment Canada warns of heavy rainfall and potential thunderstorms for Thompson region
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement ahead of a storm that could bring heavy localized rainfall and thunderstorms to the Fraser Canyon, South Thompson and Nicola region...
Aug 28, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
High Bar First Nation and TNRD partially downgrade evacuation orders near Clinton-area wildfire
CLINTON, B.C. - Llenlleny'ten (High Bar First Nation) has partially lifted its evacuation orders and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has downgraded an evacuation order to an alert as the ...
Aug 28, 2026 Pear Lake wildfire's south flank looking northeast with an ignition operation near Roberston Creek. Pictured on August 27, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Cariboo Regional District lifts evacuation alert around Big Creek Park as fire activity dampens
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has partially rescinded its evacuation alert in relation to the Bonanza Creek wildfire. Effective 10:00 a.m. Friday (Aug. 28), the CRD says p...
Aug 28, 2026 Northern tip of the Bonanza Creek wildfire Thursday (Aug. 27) afternoon. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
